Do Dogs Have Chins? And Other Questions Without Answers

Sarah Manguso author Liana Finck illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Murray Press

Publishing:29th Apr '25

£12.99

This title is due to be published on 29th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Do Dogs Have Chins? And Other Questions Without Answers cover

Pondering the questions only kids would think to ask, this hilarious, poignant collection captures the wonder of a child's imagination, brought to life by beloved New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck.

'A chance to leave all adult frippery behind and ponder what's really important - our children have known it all along. This book is cleansing, reassuring, funny, and frequently profound; I loved it'. Susie Dent

Why does a ghost wander? Are bubbles in drinks their thoughts? Do dogs have chins? Where does the dark go when the light comes on? How will it feel on the last day I'm a child?

What's the best question a kid ever asked you? When Sarah Manguso posted this question online, she immediately received hundreds of answers. Gathering more than one hundred of the best questions from this poll and bringing them brilliantly to life with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck, Do Dogs Have Chins? ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime - encompassing birth, death, love dinosaurs, and everything in between - to show us the wit and wisdom of children in all their wondrous glory.

'This book is for anyone who has secret questions in their mind they are too embarrassed to ask out loud. In other words, this book is for everyone' Lemony Snicket, bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions

A chance to leave all adult frippery behind and ponder what's really important - our children have known it all along. This book is cleansing, reassuring, funny, and frequently profound; I loved it. -- Susie Dent
This book is for anyone who has secret questions in their mind they are too embarrassed to ask out loud. In other words, this book is for everyone. -- Lemony Snicket, bestselling author of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
If you've ever spent any time around young children, you'll know that they take nothing for granted and that the world and everything in it is all news to them. The questions they ask are by turns serious, hilarious, deep, silly, and completely off the wall. Liana Finck's delightful drawings perfectly complement the text . . . A terrific book for anyone who has ever been around kids, or has been a kid themselves. -- New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, author of I MUST BE DREAMING
A miracle . . . Questions Without Answers captures the bewildering wonderment of a child's mind. It's the most profoundly silly and wise book I've read in years, and should be required reading for every philosophy graduate student or anyone considering having kids. Also I'll never think of sunroofs quite the same way again. -- Bess Kalb, author of NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS BUT ME
I loved this book. Each page is a love letter scribbled to my present self, from some space that still exists within me from childhood. It made me whole and left me heartbroken, all at once. -- Joana Avillez, author of D C-T!
Sweet, smart, and shockingly insightful, this collection of questions asked by kids will leave you smiling and stumped. It reminds you of what it's like to be curious about everything, and it shows, conclusively, that kids are first-rate philosophers who can reshape the way we see the world. -- Scott Hershovitz, professor of philosophy at University of Michigan

ISBN: 9781399828123

Dimensions: 176mm x 126mm x 18mm

Weight: 240g

176 pages